Sunday
Sticky
The back of my right knee (my bad knee) is swollen from yesterday's run in the rolling hills. I get nervous when anything with that knee doesn't seem right. With tan legs my incision jumps off of my leg . . .my son thinks I need to tell people that it is a shark bite.
My plan today:
I am going to take a gel at mile 3 and mile 6.
The fuel belt that I am borrowing only has 16 ounces so I am going to re-fill one of the water bottles at the park.
I honestly am not very excited about this journey . . .I will be better when the first sweat comes.
I watched The Descendants last night . . .ouch.
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6:10pm
Another 11 miler under my belt. Speaking of belts . . . I ran today with my buddies fuel belt . . .I'm OUT. I am bringing it back to him tomorrow. It moved around . . didn't carry enough water for me etc . . . .have something tied to my waist didn't bother me as much as the ackwardness of trying to pull the bottles out. I am either going to go with my handheld 20 ounce bottle or get one of those belts that carries one 20 ounce bottle. It was nice however to have my hands free.
This was a great run. It was hot already . . .
I took a gel at miles 3.5 and mile 7.
I seriously could have ran another 4 or 5 miles.
Couple problem spots:
The arch of my left foot started to rub on the top of my shoes.
My right (bad) knee is still swollen.
My hernia (or strain) or whatever it is (down there) . . . .continues to hurt!!!
I hit my chair outside on the back patio when I got home and iced down and fell asleep!!!
This has been a great weekend for running. I thought alot today on my run about my kids and how I can continue to improve on being their dad. They need a good dad. My wife needs a good husband. The world needs a good man . . .running allows me the time to think about those things.
Rest day tomorrow. Going to the Y in the early morning to workout and then tomorrow night my wife got me a certificate for a full body massage. It will be nice to get un-knotted.
